Combined toilet fixture and basin



Feb. 25, D. D. LUCAS COMBINED TOILET FIXTURE AND BASIN Filed April 11, 1966 INVENTOR. fia/vfl (W645 United States Patent 3,428,964 COMBINED TOILET FIXTURE AND BASIN Don D. Lucas, 405 Baldwin Road, Bakersfield, Calif. 93304 Filed Apr. 11, 1966, Ser. No. 541,547 US. Cl. 4-3 Int. Cl. A47k 4/00 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to a combined toilet fixture and bathing basin, and more particularly to a bathing basin combined with a flush tank located at the upper rear portion of a toilet bowl.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device of the type described wherein the bathing basin is located Within access of a person seated on the toilet seat for bathing certain parts of the body while so seated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined toilet fixture and bathing basin wherein the basin is supported on the side of the flush tank of the toilet fixture and which is drained and refilled with water each time the toilet flush tank is drained and refilled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described wherein the bathing basin is fiushed with fresh water each time it is drained and before it is refilled and wherein fresh water is admitted directly to the basin from the water inlet conduit to the flush tank.

The above and other objects will more fully appear from the following description in connection with the accompanyin g draw-ing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention;

iFIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken approximately on the line -22 of FIG. 1.

:There is shown a toilet fixture 4 comprising a bowl 6 having the conventional seat 8 and cover 10. Customarily, the bowl 6 is cast integrally with a body portion 12 and in many instances, there is a flush tank 14 located on the upper rear portion of the body '12. The fiush tan-k being in flow communication with the bowl 6 through the interior of the body 12 in a conventional manner, not shown.

The fiush tank 14 is provided with an outlet 16 to the body 12 and bowl 6 which is normally closed by a ball valve 18 whose rod 20 is suitably connected to a valve actuating handle 22, the connecting linkage not being shown since it is well known in the art.

\A water inlet conduit '24 extends through the bottom of the tank -14 and is connected to an inlet conduit section 26 which extends upwardly in the tank and whose upper end is provided with a suitable valve, not shown, which valve is actuated by a plunger 28 which in turn is pressed down to an open position by a pivoted lever 30 having an extension 62 on whose outer end is the customary float 34. The upper end of the inlet tube 26 on the outlet side of the mentioned valve, has connected to it a downwardly extending tube 36 which discharges fresh water into the lower portion of the tank to reduce noise when the tank is being filled. Thus tar the structure described is more or less common to toilet flush tanks.

At one lateral side 38 of the hush tank 14 is a small basin 40 which may be formed integrally with the tank or provided as a separate attachment hung against the side wall of the tank, although the integral construction is preferred. IT he basin 40 is provided with drain openings 42 which extend horizontally in the manner of a series of overflow openings 44 adjacent the upper portion of the basin, said openings or ports 42 and 44 providing com munication between the basin '40 and the reservoir defined by the tank 14. The basin 40 is provided with an open top 46 to provide access by the hands of a per-son to water within the basin.

Connected into the upper end of the water inlet tube 26 is a basin filler tube 48 connected to a T 50 to one arm of which is connected a tube 52 extending through the wall 38 of tank 14 and bent downwardly as at 54 to direct water into the top of the basin 40. The other arm of the T 50 is provided with a tube 56 leading to the upper end of an overflow pipe 58 in the customary manner.

'It will be noted that the overflow ports 44 between the basin 40 and the interior of tank '14 are preferably located just below the maxi-mum water level in the tank, indicated at 60, so that when the basin 40 is filled, the water level therein will be no greater than the water level in the tank. Should the level in the tank and the basin 40 rise higher than indicated in the drawing, it can go no higher than the top of the overflow pipe '58.

When the flush tank 14 is drained by actuating the bandle 22 to raise the ball valve '18, water will drain from the tank to the toilet bowl and attain a lower level, approximately the level of the tank outlet 16 which is considerably below the ports '42 between the basin and the hush tank. This permits all of the water to drain from the basin 40. IAs is commonly known, when water is drained from the flush tank 14 sufficiently to permit the ball valve 18 to float downwardly and close the outlet 16, the inlet valve in the inlet pipe 26 will have opened due to the downward movement of the float 34. Since the float '34 is higher than the float valve 18, some fresh water starts to how into the tank 14 before the float valve 18 closes. At the same time fresh water will llow through tubes '48 and '52 and be discharged into the basin through the downwardly turned spout portion 54, thus flushing out the basin 40 with fresh water. The basin 40 will have been previously emptied be cause its outlets 42 are considerably higher than the flush tank outlet 16. As water fills the tank 114, the basin 40 is being filled directly through the spout 54, and fresh water is introduced directly into the basin 40 through said spout '54. When the level in the tank 14 reaches that of the outlet ports 42, water will also enter the basin through said ports 42.

It should be understood that various changes can be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various parts, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1 claim:

'1. In a device of the class described, a toilet flush tank having walls defining a reservoir, an inlet conduit sup ported by the tan-k and terminating in the reservoir, a float controlled inlet valve in said inlet conduit to provide a supply of Water to a predetermined height in said tank, and a valved outlet in the bottom of said tank, wherein the improvement comprises: A bathing basin of considerably less capacity than that of said reservoir located on one of the external side walls of said tan-k, said basin having its bottom located above said valved tank outlet and having an outlet in the bottom thereof in flow communication with said reservoir, a basin filler conduit connected to said float controlled filler valve to provide a supply of water for the basin when the filler valve is opened, the location of said basin above said valved tank outlet providing flushing of water fih-rough the basin before the level in said tank reservoir reaches The level of the basin outlet.

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D. MASSENBE'RG, Assistant Examiner. 

